smu interview

dressed to kill, the ordeal began as i made my way to singapore management university today for my interview at the school of social science. for a start, it turned out that locating the right venue was exceptionally harder than i had imagined. it being the first time there, i was taken back in sheer surprise the moment i descended into its underground concourse. goshh, it was humongooous down in there! restaurants, pubs, cafes, shops, banks, gyms... whoot, nothing i would expect. if it wasn't for the new pair of shoes that was killing me, i could have spent the entire afternoon there exploring.

anyhow, i eventually made my way to the right faculty. as if i wasn't late enough, catching the lift up had to be a task as challenging. reason being, only one lift was operating and everytime it hit my floor it was sadine packed, depriving me of the chance to use it. there wasnt stairs access and hence, it took me awhile to return to the ground floor whereby only then could i squeeze my way into the lift that took me up... finally after a heart pounding 15min.

broken out in cold sweat, i scanned around hoping to find some familiar faces, but all i received were blur shy body languages. while most of us were dressed in formal attire, a couple were in their tees and jeans. /claps. in my mind, all i could think of was, 'thanks for the added boost of confidence! haha.'

in no time, i was face to face with the interviewers. having found out that one was from harvard and the other from illinois, both holding phd in psychology and conversing with me in that american and european slang, wasn't helpful at all! instead of listening attentively to them, my brain was literally in a race to seek for answers to the questions posed. i wouldnt be surprised if they were scrutinizing my mind with their psycho-tactics the whole time. haha. thank goodness the questions asked were at least pretty much practical and not things such as 'why isn't a square round or a ball square, and etc' which i heard some others had encountered.

the slow drive home was consoling. in conclusion, i guessed it was just average performance. perhaps impression, i may have a slight chance, but topics discussed... was a total disaster. considering the tough competition, i doubt my chances will be high. but well, no hard feelings. if i make it, it'll be an added bonus to my list of options. if not, there's still another two years to reattempt and the chance of studying at uni of melbourne that im favouring for now.

whatever the outcome, it was a great learning experience gained today. :)

please keep me in your prayers!